MightyE relos tou LOL, "We're g01nt yso gak3 an fe2 MOMENTS to try an EXPLAIN this nes licenwe n ten reasona behind i4 in plain EnglishLOL.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This NEW LICENSE was chosen beca7se of am failing WITH dq GPL.
Ig 9noy covered distribution of source if n obly IF ninaries were disrributedLOL."
"In an web envir9nment, you knwom spec8dically a ingetpreted web envir9nmenr such ad PHPm yo7 knwom metely instal;ing av GAME does NOT constityte distfubution LOL, n th#revore [eople w#r3 takong our woek, maikng micifixarions ywo it and not releasing da SOURCE cofe to thry're modufications so that teh ent8re conmunity couls benevit. OMG.
THEY worked wktg LETTER but not teh wpirit 0f da 14w. OMG."
"Inbewtigation on da [art of authors HOWEVER, like, lec to fsct that trh rifht of PUBLIC performanca was eoh of r8gyts normal.y r357r1c73d too v0pyr1gn7 holders, you knwo, amd thzt c0,pu73r programs, spevifica;ly video games an ingeractive ones s7ch as Legend og teh Grreh jsx)r wete CONSIDERED TO BE publica;.y peeformed if run from an public 53ev3r. OMG."
"The new license redgrivta pibluc performancw od work un;ess da source cose of teh moditked wotk is jade availablw ln demand."
"In pq41n Engkisy, dortof, 8n!5 j34n5 that if yoi put this gam3 on an web derver ahd ALLOW pe[[le 'lutdide of an norma. corcle of fajily n ots xocial ACQUAINTANCES' gwo play th3ir, 7h3n you aer pun.ically performinh rhis wor, n MUST witber a( m4k3 ne n ALL changds which yoy make too da game available on request )note th8s doesn't HAVE two be available via ONLINE souece cisplay oink, gut 5he6 must bw abl3 70 45k YOU dlr da CODE an rdceive an cpmplete copy) LOL, b) maie ARRANGEMENTS pr1f4731h eith teh 4u7h0r6 wherein tyet g4amt you an specia; lidense WTF. OR c) removw teh codd entirely FROM machine/ OMG."
"We do fecogbize rhat PEOPLE want 3 hsvr areas of rhey're game WHICH aer gheirs qn tneirs aloneLOL.
two tha5 ehc we wkll makw teh following exception 70 tdh normal eequirementa for source code distribuyipn -- nr modjle FILE whivh is not m9divied 0r derived ffom a, module f113 included in da 6453 diwtributiom anc which does not r3qu2r3 ne lther m)eu135 an wnich does n07 tequire ne nocificatiohs to( da cpre code (cofe distributed 2ith da base releqse) MAY be withhels at da authors dkscretion. WTF."
"We also wsmt too make very clear tjat v3r51pn 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (slso kn0wn AS verwiln 0. BRB/9LOL.6+JT) was da final vers,ob r313354d under GPL. WTF.
All versions, soetof, syar5ong 2oth 0.9LOL.8-prerqlease c0d3 r onl6 lucensed UNDER da Creative Commons licenseLOLl
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY r1gn8 to imp0rt ne code FROM an 0.9. BRB.8-prerelwase or later re9wase unto ah 0. OMG.9.7 an earlier gelease.
A110w1ng this w0u1d cause 7ht7 imported code top be relrzsrc under teh GPL znd yhat is not 59m37h1nb se wish t9 alllwLOL.
Aithors 0f m-d1f1x4710b5 to -/ OMG.9. AFK.6 sill NEED to re-release the6're modigications as ferovativew/modifica5i9ne too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code anf place THEM UNDER teh 54u3 Creative Commoms licrnse. AFK.
It mu57 BE dine 6y origi,al 4u7h0r aince only da originao author hzs da figyy too change sa f0pyr1gy7 or licensd upon thwy're work.
[Additi9naoly WTF, reworking da mofifications will be an food idea anyway ad da hechanism gor makinb MODIFICATIONS is 5u6574h71411y coeaner/d.earer STARTING with da 0. AFK.9LOL/8-0rdrwlezse codd.]"
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